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Alleged Nazi Jihadist Blamed Pedophile Pastor For Hatred Of America

Ryan J. Reilly and Melissa Jeltsen | January 17, 2011, 8:54AM

Instant messaging conversations allegedly written by Emerson Begolly reveal him as anti-Semitic, extreme, armed and dangerous. But they also reveal what he claimed was the genesis of his extremist views: an interaction with a Christian pastor who was a registered sex offender.

Begolly's is a cautionary tale about the threat of homegrown terrorism: the radicalized 21-year-old college student reportedly obsessed over violence and martyrdom and said he was disgusted by a country where "homosexuality... abortion... assisted suicide, whores, and dru(g)s r all legal."

But it's also the strange story of a loner living on a farm in a small Pennsylvania town who had easy access to weapons and vented his frustrations with his family (a father who dressed him up in Nazi regalia and hit him as a child and an estranged mother with reported mental health issues of her own) in jihadist web forums.

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Topics: Counterterrorism, Emerson Begolly, FBI, Gun Control, Gun Rights, Guns, Islamic Terrorism, Justice Department, Terror Alerts, Terror Cell, Terror Plot, Terror Raids, Terrorism, Terrorist Watchlists

Emerson Begolly

Gov't: Nazi-Dressing Alleged Jihadist Doesn't Need An AK-47

Ryan J. Reilly | January 13, 2011, 10:55AM

The government doesn't want Emerson Begolly, the 21-year-old former Penn State student who allegedly bit two FBI agents in the parking lot of a Burger King when they tried to question him about apparent pro-jihad messages he posted online, released.

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Topics: Counterterrorism, Department of Justice, Domestic Terrorist, Emerson Begolly, FBI, Islamic Terrorism, Justice Department, Pennsylvania, Terror Cell, Terror Plot, Terrorism, Terrorist Watchlists

Department of Homeland Security

Janet Napolitano: DHS Report On Right-Wing Extremists Is 'Ancient History'

Ryan J. Reilly | September 17, 2010, 4:42PM

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Friday referred to a controversial report issued by DHS in April 2009 on the potential for an increased in right-wing extremism as "ancient history."

TPMDC asked Napolitano at a lunch hosted by the Christian Science Monitor if she thought the report DHS was criticized for issuing on the potential for a rise in right-wing extremism due to the election of Barack Obama has been vindicated in the year and a half since it came out.